Infographic: Password Pop Quiz

There are a lot of alternatives to passwords out there, but the idea of a secret phrase to unlock your stuff has been around a long time and will persist a while longer. But how much do you actually know about passwords? Come on down, lucky contestant, and show off your knowledge with this handy pop quiz!

Answer In The Form Of A PasswordThe quiz, made by fine folks at Security Coverage, creators of Password Genie, does a good job of placing the risks associated with bad passwords into context. For instance, most people understand that a longer password is more secure, but they may not know why.

The only real quibble I have with the quiz is question four--a true/false question which says "social media networks like Facebook and Twitter protect my password information." You can see the answer for yourself, but I feel like this question doesn't take the recent security breaches at Twitter and Facebook into account.

Though the information in the quiz is pretty solid, the prize contestants should walk away with is more than some factoids about passwords: it should tell people to use a password manager. These helpful services generate and store unique, complex passwords for every site, service, app, or wherever password authentication is needed. Our Editors' Choice award winners LastPass 2.0 and Dashlane 2.0 will do all the hard work for you.

Become A Quiz MasterStill looking to test your security knowledge? Fear not, because we've got a few quizzes of our own for you to try. First take a crack at our Security IQ Test, which will hopefully give you a better understanding of the threats out there and how they can reach you. Or just see how everyone else did on that quiz.

If you spend a lot of time on your Android phone, be sure to take a look at our Android Security IQ test. This quiz focuses on mobile threats and how to beat them.

If you take both our quizzes, you'll be a veritable font of security knowledge. That is, until the next new terrible thing comes out.

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